Sen. CARDIN: Michel, I hear from people in the community all the time. I hear from people who were either reporters, associated with newspapers telling me we really got to get this done.

Michel Cardin, a music professor at the University of Moncton, said he is wondering whether he'll be able to play his lute again after Air Canada broke his instrument on a recent trip.

Michel Cardin, a music professor at the University of Moncton, was travelling on Air Canada with his lute, an ancestor of the guitar, when the instrument's neck was snapped.